Webinar Law Firm Management and Ethical Considerations

Riccardo Giorgio Cajola

Riccardo G. Cajola is an attorney at law, licensed to practice in Italy and admitted before the Court of Cassation.

Riccardo’s practice is focused on Italian and cross-border transactional and commercial work, principally in the area of domestic and crossborder mergers and acquisitions, transactions, corporate financing and joint ventures.

In addition, Riccardo frequently advises and represents on tax disputes and complex tax Court proceedings, about - for instance - challenges on group transfer pricing policies.

He currently serves as member of the Supervisory Boards of several domestic subsidiaries of multinational companies. Riccardo is author of the Italian Chapter of “International Corporate Law Compendium”, published by Aspen Publishers – Wolters Kluwer Law & Business (2009 and 2010 Editions) and regularly contributes articles to several domestic law reviews.

As well, he is a frequent speaker at national and international conferences.

Abe Schear

Abe is a partner in the Real Estate and Leasing practices, and leader of the International Business practice. He has over forty years of experience representing landlords and tenants in retail and office real estate transactions across the United States. Landlords and tenants for some of the country’s best known brands turn to Abe for legal advice, and he helps local and regional landlords and tenants complete their transactions efficiently and effectively. Abe’s tenant clients include numerous national and local brands. His practice has a distinct focus on retail leasing requirements, including letters of intent, lease negotiations, construction requirements, and abstracting. Although lease negotiations are the focal point of his practice, Abe also assists clients in all phases of their development, including purchase and sale transactions, financing and matter due diligence.

Martin Kovnats

Martin is Chair of the Aird & Berlis Mergers & Acquisitions/Private Equity Group; Cochair of the firm's International Group; and a member of the firm's Capital Markets, Corporate/Commercial, Mining and Telecommunications Groups. He advises cannabis companies on cross-border transactions.

He practises primarily in the areas of merger and acquisition activities, capital markets matters such as takeover bids, public and private debt and equity financings, and other corporate commercial matters. He has extensive experience in cross-border and multinational matters abroad (principally in the US and the UK), advising clients (buyers, sellers, financiers and advisers) on various mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and corporate governance matters. Martin has extensive experience in advising participants in mid-market activities as well as mines and mineral finance and acquisition. He frequently advises international clients on doing business in Canada.

Tracey Calvert

Tracey is a lawyer and the director of Oakalls Consultancy Limited. She is a regulatory, compliance and ethics specialist providing a variety of advisory services to members of the solicitor’s profession.

She is a regular speaker and trainer on these topics and has delivered presentations both within the UK and internationally.

She is the Co-Vice Chair of the International Bar Association’s Professional Ethics Committee and a board member of both the Wilmington Group’s Legal Compliance Association and the Law Society’s Legal Compliance Bulletin.

She is a contributor to ‘Cordery on Legal Services’ and has written several books on compliance and ethics. Full details are available at www.oakallsconsultancy.co.uk.

Tracey was previously employed by the Law Society and the Solicitors Regulation Authority as a senior ethics adviser and a policy executive. She has also worked both in private practice and in an in-house role.

Caroline Berube

Caroline graduated from McGill University (Canada) with a BCL and LL.B degree and completed her studies at the National University of Singapore for one year with a focus on Chinese law in 1998. Caroline has represented international corporate clients and banks in asset financing and M&A cross-border transactions in Asia for more than 22 years between Singapore, Bangkok and China. She has spent a majority of that time in China, focusing on corporate, IP and arbitration, an area in which she has built a respected expertise and understanding of the challenges and advantages of most Asian jurisdictions. She advises many Asian, European and North American clients on their legal structure, IP, HR and investments issues in Asia and has been featured in numerous magazines and newspapers, including Bloomberg News, the Singapore Straits Times, The Business Times, The Asian Legal Business and La Presse. Caroline is also a regular speaker at many international conferences.